Feminism with a side of hope from British Columbia: I think filmmaker Joss Whedon summed it up best in a recent interview with Hollywood Reporter. Said Whedon: When I see this hate bubbling up towards any kind of progress, my reaction is twofold. First, its horror, and then, its delight, because you dont get this kind of anger unless real change is actually happening. It is a chaotic time. Its an ugly time because change is happening. It would be lovely to be living after the change has happened. In this post-Ghomeshi moment, something feels different. Here we all are, talking about these issues openly and with a new degree of honesty. The ability of a famous man to do creepy shit and get away with it -- as is alleged -- had been kind of a given up until, well, maybe a week ago. But women and plenty of men have apparently had enough. Solnit published another piece this week in TomDispatch titled The War is Over (If You Want It), Feminism and Men, almost as a follow-up to her Harpers essay, that took into consideration the changes that occurred in the last little while. Writes Solnit: Heres what it all means: the winds of change have reached our largest weathervanes. The highest powers in the country have begun calling on men to take responsibility not only for their own conduct, but for that of the men around them, to be agents of change. Feminism needs men. For one thing, the men who hate and despise women will be changed, if they change, by a culture in which doing horrible things to, or saying horrible things about, women will undermine rather than enhance a mans standing with other men. Its a terrific piece, and I urge you to read it in its entirety and make TomDispatch a regular site to visit. thetyee.ca/Culture/2014/11/08/Ghomeshi_Trolls_And_One_Hopeful_Thing/
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:12:39 +0000
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